5ALBANY, NY – A prominent business leader in New York’s Capital Region has been arrested and charged with attempting to entice a minor for sex, following a federal undercover operation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York .

Peter Bardunias , 59, of Clifton Park, a Senior Vice President of Community Advancement for the Capital Region Chamber of Commerce , was charged Tuesday with attempted enticement of a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity , a crime that carries a potential life sentence.

Disturbing messages revealed in criminal complaint

Federal investigators allege that over the past two weeks, Bardunias exchanged graphic and violent messages with an individual he believed was a 15-year-old girl — who was, in reality, an

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